Schedule Spring 2025
NEW DATE
All workshop events take place virtually on Monday, 12:00-13:00 (1:00 pm) Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).
Links to workshop papers will be active as events draw closer here.
Upcoming Workshops
May 12: Alicja Paulina Krubnik (McMaster University), “Energy Transitions as Transformative Openings? Critical Analysis of Development Financing in Brazil and Ecuador”
Moderator: Fikayo Akeredolu (Oxford University)
Previous Workshops
May 5: Rudra Guha Biswas (UC Riverside), “The Effect of Geoeconomic Risk on outward FDI from Emerging and Developing Economies”
Moderator: Kexin Bai (Texas A&M)
April 28: Kexin Bai (Texas A&M), “Pressure Breeds Innovation: How Firms Adapt to Export Control Sanctions”
Moderator: Rudra Guha Biswas (UC Riverside)
April 21: Fikayo Akeredolu (University of Oxford), “Administrative and Fiscal Dimensions of State Capacity and Renewable Energy Adoption: Evidence from Nigeria’s 36 States”
Moderator: Alicja Paulina Krubnik (McMaster University)
April 14: Ghita Chraibi (University of Virginia), “Cashless vs Cash Only: The Political Economy of Digital Payments”
Moderator: Barak Zur (Tel Aviv University)
April 7: Nicola Nones (University of Toronto), “Do as I preach, not as I do? Economists Policymakers and Fiscal Consolidation”
Moderator: Robin Yajie Wang (Yale University)
March 31: Barak Zur (Tel Aviv University), “How Migration Options Shape the Political Behaviour of Those Who Stay: The Case of Intra-EU Employment Opportunities”
Moderator: Melle Scholten (University of Virginia)
March 24: Zagreb Mukerjee (Yale), “Instability of Trade Gains Reduces Support for Globalization”
Moderator: Lingbo Zhao (Penn State University)
March 17: Melle Scholten (University of Virginia), “The Paradox of Migrant Rights and Outward Remittances”
Moderator: Nicola Nones (University of Toronto)
March 10: Lingbo Zhao (Pennsylvania State University), “Supply Chains and Political Strategies: Analyzing Firm Responses to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism”
Moderator: Wanting Lee (Arizona State University)
February 24: Jacob Winter (University of Toronto), “Loaded Questions: Global Liquidity and the Legislative Agenda in Zambia”
Moderator: Avi Ahuja (New York University)
February 17: June Jung (University of California San Diego & University of Mannheim), “Illiberal Human Rights Norms in Trade and the Effectiveness of Western Conditionalities”
Moderator: Sujin Cha (University of Michigan)
February 10: Avi Ahuja & Mengfan Cheng (New York University), “Beyond Foreign Aid: How do Developing Countries Substitute Concessional Financing?”
Moderator: Jacob Winter (University of Toronto)
February 3: Tobias Schillings (University of Oxford), “Progressive versus Competitive Democracy: Examining the Political Determinants of Universal Healthcare Reform in the Global South”
Moderator: Melle Scholten (University of Virginia)
January 27: Margaret Kenney (University of California, Berkeley), “Cash, Cuts, and Controversy: How Features of Investment Incentives Affect Credit Claiming”
Moderator: Ghita Chraibi (University of Virginia)
January 20: WanTing Lee (Arizona State University), “How Foreign Direct Investment Affects Support for Defense Commitments”
Moderator: Margaret Kenney (University of California, Berkeley)